Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-15

posed oil az present
The report was read at length.
concludes with two resolutions-one de
claring that Daniel b. Lucas is not emit
tied to the seat, aud the other declarin,
that Charles J. Faulkner has been dul,
elected senator from the State of Yves
Virginia for q term Of six years, com
mencing the 4th of March, 1887, and i
entitled to the seat in the Senate as sucI
senator.
The resolutions were agreed to Uivl
COco, aud the oath OF Office was there
upon administered to Mr.. Faulkner.
Mr.. Hoar then moved that Mr. Eaulk
ner be assigned TO the Committee on
Claims, District of Columbia Mines and
Mining, and Pensions. Agreed to.
Mr.. Harris, from the Committee on
! Rules, reported an amendment 10 the
thirty-frst rule. That rule provides
that where an adverse report is made on
claim, and the report agreed to, il
shall not be 10 order to move to take up
the papers from the file for the purpose
OF referring them at a subsequent ses-
sion. unless the petition states that new
evidence has been discovered and the
substance of il. The amendment is to
add to the rule the clause That in
cases where there is no adverse report it
shall be the duty OF the Secretary OF the
Senate to transmit all such papers to the
committee in which such claims are
pending. Agreed TO.
Among the bills referred were the fol-
lowing:
BY MIR. George: To protect innocent
purchasers of patented articles, making
1t valid defence against actions for in
friDgement that the article was bought for
use or consumption, not for sale, and in
good faith, and in the usual course OF trade.
and providing that all patents shall be
subject to purchase by the Government
for general use at reasonable valuation.
Referred to the Committee on Patents,
after an effort had been made to have it
sent to the Judiciary Committee.
The Senate then took up the bill intro
duced by MIR. Morrill, to regulate immi-
grafton, and was addressed by that sena-
tor in explanation and advocacy of the
bill. It's main object, he said, was 10
have the character of foreign immigrants
examined first by the United States
consuls at the ports Of departure instead
of by State commissioners at ports of
arrival. The foreign idea, he said, was
that the United States invited free-immi-
grafton, regardless OF the character OF
the immigrants, but the American idea
was that 1t never really offered an asylum
to convicts, to irreconcilable enemies of
law and order or to the occupants of the
Old Worlds insane asylums and work
houses. The doors were left open only
to persons of good moral character.
The fact that nearly 100000 immi-
grants had come to this country within
the last ten years proved that the cues
ton was one Of very great importance.
The great American principle OF free adj
mission of immigrants was not pro-
posed to b. abandoned, but that
principle had always been on the
condition that immigrants should be
OF good moral character aud should
be able to support themselves.
He referred to the fact that recently the
Mayor of the Athens of America had
presided at banquet given in honor Of
the champion slugger Of the prize-Iing,
and that If not the will at least the po-
htlcal necessities of the Mayor bad con-
sented to that. He said that 70 per cent.
of the population Of Boston was com
posed Of persons of foreign birth and
foreign parentagc 80 per cent. OF the
population of New York, and 81 per
cent. of the population of Chicago, and
these figures might be aggravated
by future immigration. BY the cen
sus Of 1880 the population of for
ci0n birth and parentage was about
fifteen millions, and the immigration
since then 4,3tl, 600. so that without IN
Guiding children born of foreign parents
since 1880 there was now in this country
a foreign population OF 1884, 0OO, or
nearly one third the entire population.
This disclosed the enormous attractive
force exeited by this country on the in
habitauts Of Europe. He had lately
visited Castle Garden, in the pOit of
New York, where n vessel had Just or
rived from antwerp with 800 tmierants.
and the sight he had Witnessed suggest
ed doubt whether this country pos
sessed the transcendent power to trans
form all these emigrants into good and
valuable American citizens. BE quoted
the reply of Balfour t. a question in tue
House of Commons as 10 the Govern
mont aiding emigration, to the effect
hat the Government would apply no
more money to that purpose during
he remainder OF the year. This, he
said, was a negative pregnant Ial'our
lad not said that parishes or neishbors
should not aid emigrants. At the end
IF the year emigration might be aided
ny the British Government again, unless
he fishery commission shonld implore
5aliour to refrain from putting brars in
heir path while cunning diplomacy WAS /
yoing on here. The paupers of Great
Britain numbered very nearly a round .
million outside of unnumbered Migrants .
md casual paupers, who far exceeded .
he number OF SO called paupers. There .
vas too strong tendency III Europe TO .
ecarl the United States as a cesspOol F.
or the vilcst products of the Old World. /
oroyident husbandry demanded that
-oung America should not be wholly de-
rived of it's birthright. The measure
Introduced by him was intended to regu-
a.e immigration by scheme so mode
ate as to receive general approval.
at the conclusion of his remarks Mr..
lorrill moved that bis bill be referred to
he Judiciary Committee ; but llr. Ed
lunds suggested that the subject more
properly belonged to the Committee on
orei N Relations, and no moved that
eference. The latter motion was agreed
0 and then. after ten minutes in ex-
cutive session, the Senate adjourned.
Several hundred nominations were
ent to the Senate to-day OF postmasters
Tho were appointed during the recess of
ongress. Among them are the follow
lg in Virginia Connally Il. Litchre-
ED, Abingdon William I. Fisher,
liberty William A. Fiske, Portsmouth
amuel b. Mckinney, Farmville John
. Grayson, Luray; Henry A. Jordan,
Manchester Joseph l.. Deaton, Poca-
ontas.
hidden Interruption to the Hopkins
Trial.
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